The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 20, 1939, Page 23

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RE, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 20, 1939. o e s w T v e vy Y Meat Packer Donates Food to Needy at Yuletide' DENVER, COLO.~Because Louis K. Sigman sometimes went hungry when he was an orphan boy in the Sigman has given away more than ) tons of meat. ve had the idea ever since | CHRISTMASCROSSINDEXED] Sun’s Virginia” Keep the Pot THAT 25TH OF Modernistic | Still Has Faith | Boiling for DECEMBER | ‘]‘ D . A' COUNTRY | SANTA CLAUS | MERRY CHRISTMAS |HAPPY NEW YEAR ‘ s [ \ e o i ] . ’4 streets of Brooklyn, N. Y., he now | was a little boy,” he said 1 ye. e " 3 3 ))I SRR yn, . v, he said last year eslgns Ie FRANCE Pere Noel Joyeux Noell ' Boune Annee! | In Santa Clalls Chr'ht'"l'3 ee( gives 50,000 pounds of meat each | “I was in need a lot of the time Pluts et o — | ol '3 Christmas for distribution to needy | mysell. . SPAIN ‘Meiekior, Gaspar Feliz Pascuas l Feliz Ano Nuevo! “Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. | pyety afternoon they stood on op- | It is five o'clock on Christmas ‘r‘!“‘.‘“f“' by a(ll)lln‘\'“ newspaper. The actual plan for a Christimas | and Baltazar He exists as certainly as love and gen- 7y R by .l ralas. Vou know it 18 Chistmas| 018 custom, fo owed the past 10 | meat party came to him after he it Wil rho Y g posite corners—he in a Santa Claus | m3 g. You years, has helped make the holiday | Hixd b b 1 sl d ; : erosity and devotion_exist, an 4 ia: : and J r are play-| Yo B¢ e wliday | had observed dozens of adults an: & ALY Ls Pstana Buon Natale l o cavo Ao | | ot and yice to Tfe | ULt beside n “chimney e and ’(‘)‘r'“‘]"‘al‘““)m:’ pa n cheery for the destitute. | children at his packing plant ask = = el — its hi oy g ol e sig g e C g | 3 ¥ K : | its highest beauty and joy. e g e A s foot and st : the fact| There are 5,000 parcels of 10 pounds | ing for discarded scraps of beef, . SWEDEN Jultomte God Jul Got Nytt Ar | Pot Botling.” Younger people, pa one foot and houting 3 | each. In the 10-year period. M. 1 PaEn Ard BOER Interior Arrangemenis Arel| P Forty-two years ago an editorial | ing to drop a coin in the pot or the | loudly in your left ear, and by half ar period, 1 m and pork. : || womway Julenissen Gladlig Jul | Godt Nytt Aar writer tor the New York Sun penned | chimney, wondered at two old peo- | opening one eye you ean see that| Amply Sulfed to Al- : 3 these now-famous lines in answer to | ple out in such wintry weather. the clock says it is five am. No,|* | g | Ein Glueckliches a scrawled letter from a little girl | But the coins dropped often, so|the pillow isn’'t thick enough (0| §ecememmommommoamommomommommoamo St uminum ware GERMANY | Sankt Nicholaus |Froehliche Weihnachten| Neues Jahr named Virginia, whose faith in San- | that “Christmas Dinners for the|shut out the song the darlings i =B ok T TR ? i | | ta had been shaken. Poor” were coming true. And the|are singing about Santa Claus and Bt TR Ve, dep: Sint Nicolaas Pleizierig Kerstfeest | Gelukkig Nieuwjaar | Today Virginia is grown up, mar- |man (such a thin Santal) said,| his merry little workmen. You l orative scheme of things are the z - R e . 9 ‘:::\ a;d ::n:.s‘-:i;;sx?:\xy B -1-1:.311}; s .~.n»bi And the little get up and sleepily follow the L')hxl;( : | e ady said, “God bless you iren downstairs trying to thin atest hand-hammered aluminum W ll W h H ld H l | | lady saic d y 1"”‘ :}’,‘_’\‘;1 :ud @ SR €ll... W at's rioldin m p. | school. Her name i Dr. Laura Vir- |~ gometimes he would look across |up answers to—‘How did Santa 1 12 is-that aluminym does | | ginia Douglas and #is Christmas | ang smile and she would jingle her | get out of the furnace? Would he e i ]1‘ ;:,M ”::n ,:\m: mply S R e g oo | She's playing Santa Claus not only | pey the harder. But one day she | get dirty? How can he get all over e 5 i B g A '8 B to her pupils but her own daughter. | w5 not here. “Sick,” they said. That | the world in one night?” Who b it it i o 4 4 3 ' | Meanwhile, in 42 years she's evolved | jopt he found where she lived and | started this business of reindeer The Christmas repor saw a some i.deu of her own on what to | wont to see her. and Santa Claus yway? display of huzt trays, hand decor- tel]l children about Santa Claus. R " Bt e o b E a s anyway? ated with varying motifs, from | Pink-cheeked, vivacious, yet shy | g it 1 had L”h'_ it e ¥ Wiping a steamy face, you have pine bcughs to modernistic de- i ‘ and hesitant in speaking of personal | might have \;*‘rll Vart aiok Ium('“,_m. been in the kitchen all day, you signs. Large bowls, beautiful for | [ | matters, Dr. Douglas is not in favor | B0 T 0 S TOW | cea that all of your relatives are fruit groupings, are surprisingly | [ of breaking the news boldly to a | U AR AW CRAEE o | here. Dinner goes off all right ex- light child that there is no Santa Claus. | o IO - 6 ou and 1| ¢ept for one little episode in Which | . i He will learn paturally, she says. as ot e to explain to Junior o/ 11 products » know lonelines o explai 0 Junior | O"f. vy M‘“‘e“bf“‘;“i‘\” gt | he turns trom the free, imaginative “‘jlf{ SEw - bngiin : et doa | | of tn th‘lll‘x‘t‘vf‘ bt | stage of early childhood to an in- HeY, tajed o ot ;! in o turkey and these must be | aluminum bowl, light as a terest in the world around him. | then of themsc i et g e e R T | 1t will BRI IOBR. 58 YRR 71 When she first became old enough | PeOPle grew youny ac/ Do 3 B GUAlR . ARGy Vel some home at Christmas time. An- o ot o ing ab fhe | 0B thir . said at last, “that| @nd mizor discussions as to who | other dish, proving the practicality | ‘Sun's editorial, she felt badly be- maybe—j could keep the | ¢ [ \.\x..\.v” or :‘A:;:k nea ‘l'llyilv what i | of the modern mind, is insulated, | cause poor children were not able pot boili other? m the pudding so soggy PY made of spun aluminum. Thus it ; to have Christmas gifts as tangible * i - After dinner, as you rescue Baby will keep foods either hot or cold. | evidence of Santa’s existence. Lat- | MAKE CHRISTMAS TREE LAST | from sampling one of those cute . A wood cover fits tightly. | 1 er, she says, she grew to realize that | Christmas trees hold their needl little red balls on the tree, ¥ ' ‘ At it glenos it Jbkhd ‘11k8 a | mateyial gifts were not so impor- | three or four weeks if their cut ends the clock and think . Nla("l(‘,all M(‘tal wol’ks flat shovel. At seeond, it looked tant as the faith which even the very | are placed in a vessel of water | ¢ : 4 i poor ¢hild could have in something i G i Y like an aluminum frying pan with PR —————————————————— e the front side knocked down. Fin- | spiritual. Empire classifieds bring results, | Empire Want Ads Bring Results. ally the reporter gave up. It was} an aluminum doughnut or popcorn| - server! His Gift fo Streel Boys' Chrisimas Feed A gentleman was hurrying toward | o generous dinner. A boy came in|$20-dollar bill and gave it to him. } the big hotel on the corner, bending selling papers, and the man noticed “Give this as my coniribution some to escape the bitter blast. A ¢he hungry look in the youngster's toward the dinner,” he said. man approached, holding out 2 eyes as he glanced at the table. . M “sit down here with me, boy.” he | A SAFETY MEASURE “Ah, Mr. Thurston,” he said, “I'm | sajd, “I want company. Here, wait- | If you use paper lanterns contain- begging—" er,” to the man behind as the boy | ing lighted candles among your dec- K| “No, nothing,” emphatically. |sat down, “bring this boy turkey |orations, put alittle sand in the bot- | “But this is very worthy. A with all the fixings That's what | tom of each. This will steady them | Christmas dinner for the street|you'd like?” to the boy. and perhaps prevent a disaster. i} s—newsboys and all that, you| “Ves, sir. Then as he began tc | e P fill up, 'm going to have another «pym | turkey dinner tomorrow. A street boys’ dinner. I gave 90 cents, all I Tired Mother—What? had. I give what I can. Boy—When Santa Claus was a -| When too full to eat any more lm]!mh- boy, who filled- his stocking? Thurston drew out al!-—The Country Home. R N N I I P P P S B T 0 U 2 L e SR P S L £ S T MERRY CHRISTMAS All ready for bed, these inquisitive young men don’s believe what most boys and girls know—that Santa Claus is not only a very busy fellow but that he usually comes when nobody's watching. HARD TO ANSWER Mamma! w “And T repeat no,” shortly asked to give something at every | corner of the Street. No, no.” A few minutes later Mr. Thul ton was seated at a table, ordering arose. Mr. R AT Tl PSS BB BB Christmas [=] It is a day to celebrate and be merry. So, in the same conscientious way in which we serve you we extend the GREETINGS OF THE SEASON TO YOU AND YOURS. =Y = Wz/w;f/// 2 = M7 4% ) J. W. GUCKER Representing ARMOUR'S g, MEATS Star Hams —— Bacons I- 0 0 s E . w I l' E S Snsllinlselxsrfs:efirackers With genuine appreciation and thanks for the pleasure of our business relations during the year now past we desire to express this wish toyou . . . May the coming year be one of complete fulfillment of every hope, continued good will and the utmost prosperity, and may you have the MERRIEST OF MERRY CHRISTMASES! e - P . - 72— 1 1 SHATTUCK AGENCY INSURANCE —— BONDS Office—New York Life

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